Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 09:10:49PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote Note that by doing so you will be using -j1 for every future version of duma. That means, if the problem gets fixed, you'll still be using -j1. Actually, I put -j1 into my make.conf after being bitten by -j2 a few times. It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Nevynxxx
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 08/03/2009 03:11 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: Actually, I put -j1 into my make.conf after being bitten by -j2 a few times. It doesn't slow down the emerge that much, and doesn't slow down the compiled program at all. And the big thing is that it has probably saved

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 08/03/2009 03:11 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 09:10:49PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote Note that by doing so you will be using -j1 for every future version of duma. That means, if the problem gets fixed, you'll still be using -j1.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Stroller
On 3 Aug 2009, at 15:56, Dale wrote: But if he has a single CPU system, it won't matter that much. I have always heard that it should be set to number of CPU's plus 1. Mine is set to 2 since I have a single CPU rig. It should be set to at least the number of *cores*, not CPUs. Back in ye

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Dale
Stroller wrote: On 3 Aug 2009, at 15:56, Dale wrote: But if he has a single CPU system, it won't matter that much. I have always heard that it should be set to number of CPU's plus 1. Mine is set to 2 since I have a single CPU rig. It should be set to at least the number of *cores*, not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:16:18 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: So my advice for others is to not take Walter's advice and use -j1 because it doesn't slow down the emerge that much. It can slow it down. Up to four times slower. Personaly, I've never had an ebuild fail due to setting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-02 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 08/02/2009 08:37 PM, David Relson wrote: On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:23:40 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:20:37 -0400, David Relson wrote: I've had trouble building dev-util/duma and discovered this morning that -j2 was the culprit. duma's build

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:10:49 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: echo 'MAKEOPTS=-j1'/etc/portage/env/dev-util/duma Exactly what I was looking for! Note that by doing so you will be using -j1 for every future version of duma. That means, if the problem gets fixed, you'll still be using